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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Wakefield, VA

June 10, 201336 counties in Virginia; 4 counties in Maryland; 9 counties in North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood watch at Jun 10, 2013, 2:57 AM EDT for 36 counties in Virginia; 4 counties in Maryland; 9 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Jun 10, 2013, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 10, 2013, 2:57 AM EDT (06:57 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 10, 2013, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jun 11, 2013, 12:00 AM EDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Flood severity: None

All 49 counties

Dorchester County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Worcester County, MD, Bertie County, NC, Camden County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Gates County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Accomack County, VA, Amelia County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Caroline County, VA, Charles City County, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Franklin, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Greensville County, VA, James City County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Northampton County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 200 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 289 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1002 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 175 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Jun 10, 2:00 AM EDT, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 2:00 AM EDT, 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 10:37 PM EDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 9, 10:45 PM EDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 9, 10:46 PM EDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 11:31 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 10, 12:17 AM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 10, 1:29 AM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 9, 8:11 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Southampton	3 hr
Jun 9, 11:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Prince Edward	44 min
Jun 10, 12:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Cumberland, Prince Edward	43 min
Jun 10, 12:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Fluvanna	41 min
Jun 10, 1:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Fluvanna	46 min
Jun 10, 4:00 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		33 hr
Jun 10, 4:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Goochland, Louisa	47 min
Jun 10, 10:37 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Fluvanna	11 hr
Jun 10, 10:37 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk	5 days
Jun 10, 12:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City, Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, King William, Prince George and 5 more	45 min
Jun 10, 12:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie	43 min
Jun 10, 12:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Greensville, City of Emporia	34 min
Jun 10, 1:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Essex, King and Queen, King William, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland	60 min
Jun 10, 1:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight, James City, Prince George, Surry, Sussex, York and 8 more	66 min
Jun 10, 1:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Southampton, City of Franklin	61 min
Jun 10, 1:55 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		35 min
Jun 10, 2:22 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		53 min
Jun 10, 2:37 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		23 min
Jun 10, 2:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mathews	36 min
Jun 10, 2:42 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		63 min
Jun 10, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	61 min
Jun 10, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		86 min
Jun 10, 2:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake	50 min
Jun 10, 2:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		48 min
Jun 10, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton	60 min
Jun 10, 3:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach	64 min
Jun 10, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		95 min
Jun 10, 4:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake	56 min
Jun 10, 4:40 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		95 min
Jun 10, 5:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Cumberland, Prince Edward	57 min
Jun 10, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Cumberland, Nottoway, Prince Edward	43 min
Jun 10, 5:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Cumberland, Nottoway, Prince Edward	38 min
Jun 10, 5:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		47 min
Jun 10, 5:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa	65 min
Jun 10, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth and 1 more	62 min
Jun 10, 5:58 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Nottoway, Prince Edward	32 min
Jun 10, 6:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk	51 min
Jun 10, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa	46 min
Jun 10, 6:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk	26 min
Jun 10, 6:28 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield, Powhatan	32 min
Jun 10, 6:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk	33 min
Jun 10, 6:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie	51 min
Jun 10, 7:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Caroline, Essex, Hanover, King and Queen, King William, Powhatan and 3 more	67 min
Jun 10, 7:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	46 min
Jun 10, 7:21 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		54 min
Jun 10, 7:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach	3 hr
Jun 10, 7:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	27 min
Jun 10, 7:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	24 min
Jun 10, 7:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Caroline, King and Queen, King William	33 min
Jun 10, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Wicomico	49 min
Jun 10, 5:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Bertie	40 min
Jun 10, 7:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Camden, Pasquotank	59 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Virginia, 2013 Flash Flood Watches in North Carolina, 2013 Flash Flood Watches in Maryland, 2013 Every flash flood watch in 2013

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.